Film and Television Beacon Fire: I Have an Equipment Column

At one o'clock at noon, on the sea east of Shengsi Islands.

After lasting for nearly an hour, this sea and air battle finally came to an end.

Looking down from a high altitude, I could see three small island-like Japanese aircraft carriers billowing black smoke on the blue sea.

However, the degree of damage to the three aircraft carriers is not the same. The most serious "Akagi" has shown signs of flooding and capsizing. While the "Kaga" and "Hōsho" are raging with fire, the main body of the ship is still Floating on the sea.

It looks like he won't be able to sink for a while.

A large number of little devils were running back and forth on the decks of the two aircraft carriers, trying to put out the fires on the hulls.

In the surrounding seawater, there are also many small boats rescuing the little devils who are still flopping in the seawater.

In the sky, looking at the scene below, although Captain Gao and the others wanted to continue attacking the little devils below, they also sunk the remaining two aircraft carriers.

However, their ammunition has been exhausted.

According to the intelligence sent by the investigators on the beach, the warships of the Japanese Third Fleet are rushing here like crazy, and they are probably already halfway there like seaplanes or something.

So it's time to retreat.

In this operation, they achieved a glorious record of sinking a Japanese aircraft carrier and seriously damaging two aircraft carriers, which was enough to make the whole world look at the Chinese Air Force with admiration.

"I have fulfilled my wish, and I can fly around in the sky. I have great ambitions to serve my country, and I just happen to fly away on the wind.

Thousands of miles in the sky, restore my old rivers and mountains. effort! effort!

Don't take time off to rest in peace. The responsibility for the rise and fall of the nation rests on my shoulders. You must have the spirit of sacrifice and spread your wings to soar into the sky. "

On the radio station, Captain Gao took the lead in singing this military song of the Chinese Air Force.

The pilots of all planes also sang along, even the pilots of the Boeing 281 fighter jets without radio communicators.

They are not only celebrating the huge victory at hand, but also remembering the comrades who have just sacrificed their lives.

Although it has advantages in all aspects, due to the performance of the Chinese Air Force's aircraft, in the fierce battle just now, especially in the desperate counterattack of the Japs, there were still more than a dozen aircraft shot down by the Japs using various methods. Wounded.

Everyone knows that parachuting in this vast sea has almost no hope of survival.

The only possibility is to be captured by the little devils.

No one can accept such an outcome.

Therefore, whenever they find that their plane has no chance of survival, these pilots will choose to crash directly into the little Japanese aircraft carrier.

Try to inflict as much trauma on them as possible.

These people will sleep forever on the vast sea.

After finishing the song, Captain Gao looked at the sea below and saluted his teammates who had sacrificed their lives heroically before giving the order to retreat.

More than seventy aircraft of various types, loaded with the glory of victory, began their return journey.

The capital, the headquarters.

After receiving the battle report from Mao Bangchu, both Zhou Zhirou and Chen were very excited. They immediately issued a nationwide telegram to inform everyone of the great news.

Afterwards, the two of them took the battle report and went to the principal to report the good news.

In the presidential palace, the principal, who had just had lunch, was overjoyed after seeing the battle report sent by Zhou and Chen.

"Okay, okay, okay, this battle was fought well, and it showed the prestige of our Chinese Air Force! Now go and call Mr. Bray. I want to write an article to publicize this matter.

I will arrange a press conference later and call in Chinese and foreign journalists, as well as consuls from various countries. I want them to know that our National Government cannot be left to their own devices. "

The attendant next to him immediately began to call relevant personnel and take care of these matters according to the instructions of the principal. After arranging these things, the principal asked Chen again:
"This time, the Japanese suffered heavy losses. They must have restrained themselves a lot, right?"

Seeing the expectation in the principal's smile, Chen Cichang naturally understood what he meant. The principal thought that the Japanese might give up and stop the war between the two countries because of the pain.

Although Deputy Chief Chen also hoped that things would develop in this direction, after careful consideration, he still shook his head and replied with a slightly disappointed look in the principal's eyes:

"If it were other warlords in the country, they would naturally want to seek peace if the war went unfavorably. But the Japanese are different."

"How to say?"

"Throughout the history of the Japanese, which one of their rises was not based on gambling? For people like gamblers, losing a little will not wake them up, but will make them more anxious, and then continue to increase their bet."

"You mean, not only will the Japanese not stop, but they will also intensify the intensity of the war?"

"Your Excellency, the principal, is clear."

Looking at the sincere face of Deputy Chief Chen in front of him, the principal, even though he was a little unhappy, did not say anything.

After thinking for a while, he said:

"Let's do this. You and Shihui will immediately set off to the Shanghai front line to inspect the situation, and then give me an accurate report."

"Yes."

Japan, Kyoto.

The Nationalist Government sent telegrams twice a day, all about the disastrous defeat of the Japanese army. This was tantamount to rubbing the Japanese government's face on the ground.

If we talk about the previous air battle at Jianqiao, because Japan has not yet investigated the specific situation, it can still use the government's exaggerated words to deal with it.

Now this time three aircraft carriers were sunk and damaged, but this is really conclusive news that has been verified by many aspects.

I can't cover it even if I want to.

The matter was also brought up from the original Japanese military staff to the cabinet, and all of them were present, including Prime Minister Sugiyama Moto, Prime Minister Yoneuchi Mitsumasa, and Japanese military figures.

The purpose is to discuss the next step for the Songhu area.

Unexpectedly, this negotiation went very smoothly. Almost from the beginning, everyone agreed:

Increase the intensity of the war and increase the input of troops into the Songhu battlefield.

Prime Minister Sugami Yamamoto, who had always expressed dissatisfaction with the Navy for provoking war in the Songhu area, said that he would dispatch two more divisions from North China to fight south. At the same time, the Army's aviation brigade would also send some troops to attack important targets within the national territory. launched retaliatory bombing campaigns in the area.

In this regard, Mitsumasa Yoneuchi also rarely expressed his deep gratitude.

At the same time, he also stated that the Navy's Kanoya Air Force will also launch retaliatory strikes on all key targets in the southern part of the country to wash away the mark of shame on them.

This time, the reason why the two land and sea ministers who had never dealt with each other put aside their grudges and cooperated together was because they both knew one thing.

That is, the current Japanese government cannot accept failure.

In order to activate this war machine, they have paid a huge price. Unless they are at the end of their rope, they must keep running this machine.

If they dare to stop midway, the entire Japanese government may collapse.

For this reason, everyone present at the meeting unanimously chose the path of continuing to expand conscription and accelerating the transformation process of military government.

In the cabinet conference room, the classic quote from the Japanese Navy’s Togo Heihachiro during the Russo-Japanese naval war came:
"Everyone, today the sky is clear and the waves are magnificent. The empire is rising and falling, and the battle is here!"

(End of this chapter)